Happy Independence Day

Tuesday at work was cooler than most days. Tom picked me up and we went to lunch at Nicos, a place near here that served Cuban sandwiches. We enjoyed one and a long talk. We have good talks. We went to the bank because today was payday. We also bought some ice cream because Ingalls had a special. Evelyn, Peter and Stacy went to lunch and shopping for a blazer for Tom to wear to the Mystery Theater on Friday. We all came home at about the same time and took naps. We had decided to take Olivia swimming after horse camp so we had dinner late. We had the country style ribs I had smoked. Afterward we watched “Seabiscuit” because they had never seen it and I had recorded it back in January. We all went to bed late.

Wednesday was Independence Day. I was not going to work but did until 10:30 when the family picked me up to go to Lake Junaluska. We decorated the Saturn for the parade as we did last year. It was fun but I did miss Olivia who was riding horses again. We all rode in the car with Beethoven the dog except Evelyn who walked. We had a great time, throwing candy to the quite large crowd lining the street. We went to the outdoor gym for barbecue sandwiches like we usually have. There is a blue grass band and some cloggers as well as a magician. Things took so long that we didn’t stay for the cloggers. We came home for naps and watched the Cubs lose for the first time in 8 games. We had hot dogs for supper at home and then went back to the lake to watch the fireworks. I was very disappointed that they didn’t begin until after 9:40 when it was dark enough to begin shortly after 9.